Improvement in folding chairs, tables, sgc



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G. J. EVERIG'KX. Folding Chair, Tab1e,&c.

No. 222,883. Patented Dec. 23,1879.

MPETERS. PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, 0 c.

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Folding Chair, Table, 8w.

No. 222,883. Pat ented Dec. 23, 1 79.

N.PE|'ERS. PMOTO-UTMOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

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i nnrrnn ("snares CHARLES J. EVERICKX, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

HIMPFOVEMENT IN FOLDING bi l/Sins, TABLEs,&e.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.-222,S83, dated December23, 1879 application filed I June 30, 1879.

EVERIGKX, of Paris,in the Republic of France,

have invented a new and Improved Folding Table or Chair, of which thefollowing is a specification.

. The object of the invention is to provide a system of articulation orjoints for portable furniture, so that the same can readily be folded upto occupy a very small space and can be conveniently carried.

The invention consists in the arrangement of a cross-bar of a chair ortable, and of the legs and top, so that the legs are pivoted at the endof the cross-bar, and can be folded, so that the chair, table, or likepiece of furniture can be easily carried by means of a handle or strapthat is fastened to the cross-bar, and suspended from this cross-bar maybe a valise or satchel.

. i In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a front to which my invention isapplied.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In. Figs. 4, 5, and 6, c and d are two plates of metal, in which thelegs a b a b are pivoted by means of small bolts or pins 1' and r, eachpair of legs a b and a 1 being similarly constructed and jointed to theplates 0 d. Fastened to the leg a, and lying between a and b, is a smallmetal plate, f, provided with The top of the leg (1. is beveled, as isshown at t in Fig. 4.

O is a metal partition, which separates the joint of the leg a b fromthe joint of a b. When the chair or table is folded up the two legs aand b lie parallel to each othera/ to the outside, I) to the insideas inFigs. 1 and 5.

When the chair or table is set up for use the legs are turned on the pinr or r,so as to be inclined toward each other, as shown in Fig. 3. Theinclination of the legs a and b to each other is fixed in the followingmanner:

. The leg to can be inclined until the surface of thebevel t lies upclose to the partition 0, as shown on the right-hand side of Fig. 4.. Itcannot be, inclined any. more, as the partition. 0 would interfere. Asthere is a leg on each side of the partition 0,:the same will receive nostrain,and the legs will press against the opposite sides with equalpressure.

The metal plate f, with the inclined flange in, fixes the inclination ofb, for if the leg a is inclined, as shown in the right side of Fig. 4,the leg b can be inclined until it lies close up to the flange m. If theleg I) were to be inclined farther, it would cause a greater inclinationof a, as f and m are secured to a; but this is prevented by thepartition 0.

If my invention is applied to afolding chair,

it will be arranged in the following manner: Figs. 1, 2, 3 show thechair folded for transportation. a 1) form one set of legs, and a b" theother set. They are connected as has been described. The metal plates 0and d,

which constitute the bearing for the whole joint, are fastened to across-bar, p. This cross-bar is provided with a handle or strap,

l, by means of which the folded chair can be carried. Suspended fromthis cross-bar p is a satchel, valise, 85c.

legs a a, as is shown in Fig. 2.

a a are cross-bars connecting the legs a. and a and a a. b is across-bar connecting the two legs I) and I). n a are notches in thecross-bar p, into which the legs I) b b b fit when the chair is set up.the chair, and may be either of oil-cloth, canvas, cane, wood, or othersuitable material.-

To the under side of the frame of the seat are fastened the jaws a: or,between which the other ends of the legs I) bare pivoted. The legs I) bare provided with notches at their ends, and fit into recesses 011 theunder side of the frame of the seat.

If the chair is folded as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it is desiredto set up the same, the operation will be as follows: The seat gis firstdrawn out, as is indicated by the arrow 1, Fig. 2. The legs b b are thendrawn out, as indicated by the arrow 2. clined or turned until the legI) presses against the flange m, Fig. 4, and will then draw the log aout in the direction of the arrow 3. These The thickness of this valiseor satchel is equal to the widthof the two g g is the seat of 7 They canbe ini legs can only be inclined until the bevel t touches the partition0. The legs a and b are drawn out in the same manner, the seat issecured to the ends of b and b, and the chair is ready for use.

By reversing these motions the chair can be very easily folded.

. The invention can be applied to a table in the same manner as is shownin Fig. 7. The ends of the legs I) b are here shown as provided withsmall hooks or flanges, which fit in the hollow of metal plates whichare fastenedto the under side of the table.

I have shown the table as being constructed of bamboo cane, but do notlimit myself to this material, for the chairs or tables may beconstructed of any kind of material used in the construction offurniture.

This peculiar construction of the joint can be applied to any-sizedtable, chair, 850., and may be used with or without a satchel or drawerattached to the cross-bar 19.

2. The combination of the partition O,lower I log, 61, provided with abevel, t, and strip j, having a flange, m, and of the upper leg, I),both being pivoted on the pin 1", as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the cross-bar p, of joint-plates c and d, and ofthelegs a I) 66 I), as and for the purpose set forth.

0. J. EVERIGKX.

WVitnesses DAVID T. S. FULLER, ALBERT OAIIENT.

